Are Ryanair taking the mickey on hidden "Fees" again?

dmg24

It would be worth scanning the OP's other threads - he seems to be on a one man mission to expose illegal activities. Sadly, each one he claims to identify is in fact quite legal.

2sides2everystory

Well I am sure we all know you are the expert concerning the law, dmg24 , but I sometimes despair at your non-consumerist views on this consumerist website. Sometimes of course you make a point worth noting. Is this one of them?

Here we are talking about the online marketing ways of Europe's largest airline by far, and how they contain misinformation for no apparent purpose other than to bait and switch.

Tell us please why I am wrong and why the practice I have identified afresh is not illegal, or perhaps it would be easier for you if I asked why it is not unlawful ?

Budgetflyer, Jet2 is surely not a credible airline that is worthy of comparison with Ryanair - it is a tiny upstart and if it is using nefarious marketing practice to misleadingly promote its prices on its website then it probably is a result of the copycat problem I mentioned earlier.

richard, I take off my hat to you for hunting down such examples :rotfl: .... they prove nothing if not that the blue fares are nonsense and that clearly there is a little man inside the website who when he draws red lines through some black fares he neglects to change the nonsense blue fare back to something of a first stage nonsense as opposed to a second stage one. How does the blue price help the customer with the buying decision in either your examples or mine?

DavidHayton

When it comes to the dubious marketing tactics of budget airlines, these three ladies make the point much more clearly than I can:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPyl2tOaKxM

David

dmg24

2sides2everystory wrote: »

Well I am sure we all know you are the expert concerning the law, dmg24 , but I sometimes despair at your non-consumerist views on this consumerist website. Sometimes of course you make a point worth noting. Is this one of them?

Here we are talking about the online marketing ways of Europe's largest airline by far, and how they contain misinformation for no apparent purpose other than to bait and switch.

Tell us please why I am wrong and why the practice I have identified afresh is not illegal, or perhaps it would be easier for you if I asked why it is not unlawful ?

Budgetflyer, Jet2 is surely not a credible airline that is worthy of comparison with Ryanair - it is a tiny upstart and if it is using nefarious marketing practice to misleadingly promote its prices on its website then it probably is a result of the copycat problem I mentioned earlier.

richard, I take off my hat to you for hunting down such examples :rotfl: .... they prove nothing if not that the blue fares are nonsense and that clearly there is a little man inside the website who when he draws red lines through some black fares he neglects to change the nonsense blue fare back to something of a first stage nonsense as opposed to a second stage one. How does the blue price help the customer with the buying decision in either your examples or mine?

Ryanair are not Europe's largest airline.

Can you specify which law you feel that they have broken?

budgetflyer

never mind-

2sides2everystory

Ryanair are not Europe's largest airline.

Are they not? Then they have fooled me !

Can you specify which law you feel that they have broken?

Well dmg, I would have thought that would be your speciality if you are here on MSE to promote the cause of the consumer, but does this give you a clue ?

dmg24

2sides2everystory wrote: »

Are they not? Then they have fooled me !Well dmg, I would have thought that would be your speciality if you are here on MSE to promote the cause of the consumer, but does this give you a clue ?

I cannot see that this would come under the CPUTR, no.

2sides2everystory

So not a contravention of 3.(3)(b), dmg ?

Can you explain why that would be?

Bargin_bunny_2

Are they really that hidden? you click on them and some of them the price will go up due to taxes and some of them are tax free but all include admin fee.


Personally I think they are one of the cheapest as they often have flights that are tax free.
I got a all inclusive holiday for 7 days in 3 star hotel in Majorca last year for £260 as I went direct to hotel and flew with ryan air there was no other way off getting it that cheap.
Just to add I saw the same hotel advertised for £410 on one of the major holiday companys website

cactusdust

budgetflyer wrote: »

then next page- check in fee is added on, then baggage. then choose your seat,then upgrade your seat, then meals, then finally card fees

All optional.